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Shekari E, Mehrpour M, Joghataei MT, Modarres Zadeh A, Valinejad V, Adineh HA, Seyfi M, Goudarzi S. Focusing on the locus of the breakdown for treatment of anomia: a pilot study. CLINICAL LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS 2024; 38:477-507. [PMID: 37303193 DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2023.2221374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the treatment effects of semantic feature analysis (SFA) and phonological components analysis (PCA) on word retrieval processing in persons with aphasia (PWAs). After identifying the locus of the breakdown in lexical retrieval processing, 15 monolingual native Persian speakers with aphasia were divided into two groups. After three naming trials, participants with dominant semantic deficits received SFA, and participants with primary phonological deficits were provided with PCA three times a week for eight weeks. Both approaches improved participants' naming and performance on language tests, including spontaneous speech, repetition, comprehension, and semantic processing. However, the correct naming of treated and untreated items was higher in mild-to-moderate participants, with mostly circumlocution and semantic paraphasias in the SFA group. The same holds for mild-to-moderate participants with mostly phonemic paraphasia who received PCA therapy. Moreover, the results showed that participants' baseline naming performance and semantic abilities could be associated with the treatment outcomes. Although limited by a lack of a control group, this study provided evidence supporting the possible benefits of focusing on the locus of the breakdown for treating anomia through SFA and PCA approaches, specifically in participants with mild to moderate aphasia. However, for those with severe aphasia, the treatment choice may not be as straightforward because several variables are likely to contribute to this population's word-finding difficulties. Replication with larger, well-stratified samples, use of a within-subjects alternating treatment design and consideration of treatments' long-term effects are required to better ascertain the effects of focusing on the locus of breakdown for treatment of anomia.
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- Ehsan Shekari
- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Innovation in Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa University, Ontario, Canada
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran
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- Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Santi GC, Conca F, Esposito V, Polito C, Caminiti SP, Boccalini C, Morinelli C, Berti V, Mazzeo S, Bessi V, Marcone A, Iannaccone S, Kim SK, Sorbi S, Perani D, Cappa SF, Catricalà E. Heterogeneity and overlap in the continuum of linguistic profile of logopenic and semantic variants of primary progressive aphasia: a Profile Analysis based on Multidimensional Scaling study. Alzheimers Res Ther 2024; 16:49. [PMID: 38448894 PMCID: PMC10918940 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-024-01403-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) diagnostic criteria underestimate the complex presentation of semantic (sv) and logopenic (lv) variants, in which symptoms partially overlap, and mixed clinical presentation (mixed-PPA) and heterogenous profile (lvPPA +) are frequent. Conceptualization of similarities and differences of these clinical conditions is still scarce. METHODS Lexical, semantic, phonological, and working memory errors from nine language tasks of sixty-seven PPA were analyzed using Profile Analysis based on Multidimensional Scaling, which allowed us to create a distributed representation of patients' linguistic performance in a shared space. Patients had been studied with [18F] FDG-PET. Correlations were performed between metabolic and behavioral data. RESULTS Patients' profiles were distributed across a continuum. All PPA, but two, presented a lexical retrieval impairment, in terms of reduced production of verbs and nouns. svPPA patients occupied a fairly clumped space along the continuum, showing a preponderant semantic deficit, which correlated to fusiform gyrus hypometabolism, while only few presented working memory deficits. Adjacently, lvPPA + presented a semantic impairment combined with phonological deficits, which correlated with metabolism in the anterior fusiform gyrus and posterior middle temporal gyrus. Starting from the shared phonological deficit side, a large portion of the space was occupied by all lvPPA, showing a combination of phonological, lexical, and working memory deficits, with the latter correlating with posterior temporo-parietal hypometabolism. Mixed PPA did not show unique profile, distributing across the space. DISCUSSION Different clinical PPA entities exist but overlaps are frequent. Identifying shared and unique clinical markers is critical for research and clinical practice. Further research is needed to identify the role of genetic and pathological factors in such distribution, including also higher sample size of less represented groups.
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- Gaia Chiara Santi
- IUSS Cognitive Neuroscience (ICoN) Center, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Pavia, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre for Dementia-CRIDEM, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre for Dementia-CRIDEM, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre for Dementia-CRIDEM, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
- Research and Innovation Centre for Dementia-CRIDEM, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Nuclear Medicine Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IUSS Cognitive Neuroscience (ICoN) Center, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Pavia, Italy.
- IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy.
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- IUSS Cognitive Neuroscience (ICoN) Center, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Pavia, Italy
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Memon A, Moore JA, Kang C, Ismail Z, Forkert ND. Visual Functions Are Associated with Biomarker Changes in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2024; 99:623-637. [PMID: 38669529 DOI: 10.3233/jad-231084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Background While various biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been associated with general cognitive function, their association to visual-perceptive function across the AD spectrum warrant more attention due to its significant impact on quality of life. Thus, this study explores how AD biomarkers are associated with decline in this cognitive domain. Objective To explore associations between various fluid and imaging biomarkers and visual-based cognitive assessments in participants across the AD spectrum. Methods Data from participants (N = 1,460) in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative were analyzed, including fluid and imaging biomarkers. Along with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), three specific visual-based cognitive tests were investigated: Trail Making Test (TMT) A and TMT B, and the Boston Naming Test (BNT). Locally estimated scatterplot smoothing curves and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to examine associations. Results MMSE showed the strongest correlations with most biomarkers, followed by TMT-B. The p-tau181/Aβ1-42 ratio, along with the volume of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, had the strongest associations among the biomarkers. Conclusions Several biomarkers are associated with visual processing across the disease spectrum, emphasizing their potential in assessing disease severity and contributing to progression models of visual function and cognition.
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- Ashar Memon
- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Community Health Sciences, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Community Health Sciences, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Community Health Sciences, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Ramanan S, Halai AD, Garcia-Penton L, Perry AG, Patel N, Peterson KA, Ingram RU, Storey I, Cappa SF, Catricala E, Patterson K, Rowe JB, Garrard P, Ralph MAL. The neural substrates of transdiagnostic cognitive-linguistic heterogeneity in primary progressive aphasia. Alzheimers Res Ther 2023; 15:219. [PMID: 38102724 PMCID: PMC10724982 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-023-01350-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clinical variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) are diagnosed based on characteristic patterns of language deficits, supported by corresponding neural changes on brain imaging. However, there is (i) considerable phenotypic variability within and between each diagnostic category with partially overlapping profiles of language performance between variants and (ii) accompanying non-linguistic cognitive impairments that may be independent of aphasia magnitude and disease severity. The neurobiological basis of this cognitive-linguistic heterogeneity remains unclear. Understanding the relationship between these variables would improve PPA clinical/research characterisation and strengthen clinical trial and symptomatic treatment design. We address these knowledge gaps using a data-driven transdiagnostic approach to chart cognitive-linguistic differences and their associations with grey/white matter degeneration across multiple PPA variants. METHODS Forty-seven patients (13 semantic, 15 non-fluent, and 19 logopenic variant PPA) underwent assessment of general cognition, errors on language performance, and structural and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging to index whole-brain grey and white matter changes. Behavioural data were entered into varimax-rotated principal component analyses to derive orthogonal dimensions explaining the majority of cognitive variance. To uncover neural correlates of cognitive heterogeneity, derived components were used as covariates in neuroimaging analyses of grey matter (voxel-based morphometry) and white matter (network-based statistics of structural connectomes). RESULTS Four behavioural components emerged: general cognition, semantic memory, working memory, and motor speech/phonology. Performance patterns on the latter three principal components were in keeping with each variant's characteristic profile, but with a spectrum rather than categorical distribution across the cohort. General cognitive changes were most marked in logopenic variant PPA. Regardless of clinical diagnosis, general cognitive impairment was associated with inferior/posterior parietal grey/white matter involvement, semantic memory deficits with bilateral anterior temporal grey/white matter changes, working memory impairment with temporoparietal and frontostriatal grey/white matter involvement, and motor speech/phonology deficits with inferior/middle frontal grey matter alterations. CONCLUSIONS Cognitive-linguistic heterogeneity in PPA closely relates to individual-level variations on multiple behavioural dimensions and grey/white matter degeneration of regions within and beyond the language network. We further show that employment of transdiagnostic approaches may help to understand clinical symptom boundaries and reveal clinical and neural profiles that are shared across categorically defined variants of PPA.
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- Siddharth Ramanan
- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK.
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- IUSS Cognitive Neuroscience Center (ICoN), University Institute of Advanced Studies IUSS, Pavia, Italy
- Dementia Research Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- IUSS Cognitive Neuroscience Center (ICoN), University Institute of Advanced Studies IUSS, Pavia, Italy
- Dementia Research Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK
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Akhmadullina DR, Konovalov RN, Shpilyukova YA, Fedotova EY, Illarioshkin SN. Anomia: Deciphering Functional Neuroanatomy in Primary Progressive Aphasia Variants. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1703. [PMID: 38137151 PMCID: PMC10741652 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13121703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Naming decline is one of the most common symptoms of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Most studies on anomia in PPA are performed without taking into account PPA variants, especially for action naming. Only limited data are available for the neuroanatomical basis of anomia considering differences in the pathogenesis of PPAs. The aim of our study is to investigate the associations between anomia severity for both noun and verb naming and gray matter (GM) atrophy, as well as accompanying functional connectivity (FC) changes in three PPA variants. A total of 17 patients with non-fluent (nfvPPA), 11 with semantic (svPPA), and 9 with logopenic (lvPPA) PPA variants were included in the study and underwent cognitive/naming assessments and brain MRIs. Voxel-based morphometry was performed to evaluate GM volume. A resting-state functional MRI was applied to investigate FC changes in the identified GM areas. The study shows that different brain regions are involved in naming decline in each PPA variant with a predominantly temporal lobe involvement in svPPA, parietal lobe involvement in lvPPA, and frontal lobe involvement in nfvPPA. Separate data for object and action naming in PPA variants are provided. The obtained results mainly correspond to the current understanding of language processing and indicate that the evaluation of language impairments is preferable for each PPA variant separately. A further analysis of larger cohorts of patients is necessary to confirm these preliminary results.
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Polito C, Conca F, Santi GC, Esposito V, Caminiti SP, Boccalini C, Berti V, Morinelli C, Mazzeo S, Marcone A, Iannaccone S, Bessi V, Sorbi S, Perani D, Cappa SF, Catricalà E. Comparing two picture naming tasks in primary progressive aphasia: Insights from behavioural and neural results. Cortex 2023; 166:1-18. [PMID: 37295234 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Picture naming tests are widely used to evaluate language impairments in neurodegenerative diseases, especially in Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). The available tests differ for many factors affecting the performance, e.g. format of stimuli and their psycholinguistic properties. We aim to identify the most appropriate naming test to be used on PPA according to the clinical and research demands. We investigated the behavioural characteristics, i.e. proportion of correct responses and error type, and their neural correlates in two Italian naming tests, CaGi naming (CaGi) and naming subtest of the Screening for Aphasia in NeuroDegeneration battery (SAND), administered to 52 PPA patients who underwent an FDG-PET scan. We analysed the effectiveness of the tests in distinguishing PPA versus controls and among PPA variants, considering the psycholinguistic variables affecting performance. We explored the brain metabolic correlates of behavioural performance in the tests. SAND, differently from CaGi, has time limits for the response and its items are less frequent and acquired later. SAND and CaGi differed in terms of number of correct responses and error profile, suggesting a higher difficulty to name SAND items compared to CaGi. Semantic errors predominated in CaGi, while anomic and semantic errors were equally frequent in SAND. Both tests distinguished PPA from controls, but SAND outperformed CaGi in discriminating among PPA variants. FDG-PET imaging revealed a shared metabolic involvement of temporal areas associated with lexico-semantic processing, encompassing anterior fusiform, temporal pole, and extending to posterior fusiform in sv-PPA. Concluding, a picture naming test with response time limit and items which are less frequent and acquired later in life, as SAND, may be effective at highlighting subtle distinctions between PPA variants, improving the diagnosis. Conversely, a naming test without time limit for the response, as CaGi, may be useful for a better characterization of the nature of the naming impairment at the behavioural level, eliciting more naming errors than anomia, possibly helping in the development of rehabilitation protocols.
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- ICoN Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Institute for Advanced Studies, IUSS, Pavia, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132, Milan, Italy; In Vivo Human Molecular and Structural Neuroimaging Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy; Nuclear Medicine Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132, Milan, Italy; In Vivo Human Molecular and Structural Neuroimaging Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Italy
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- SOD Neurologia 1, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e Degli Organi di Senso, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy; NEUROFARBA, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy; SOD Neurologia 1, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e Degli Organi di Senso, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy; NEUROFARBA, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy; SOD Neurologia 1, Dipartimento Neuromuscolo-Scheletrico e Degli Organi di Senso, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy; NEUROFARBA, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132, Milan, Italy; In Vivo Human Molecular and Structural Neuroimaging Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy; Nuclear Medicine Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy; ICoN Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Institute for Advanced Studies, IUSS, Pavia, Italy.
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- ICoN Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Institute for Advanced Studies, IUSS, Pavia, Italy
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Mendez MF, Nasir I. Distinguishing Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia from Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2023; 7:227-234. [PMID: 37090957 PMCID: PMC10116168 DOI: 10.3233/adr-230010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
Abstract
The differentiation of semantic variant primary progressive aphasia from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease can be difficult, particularly when the semantic anomia is pronounced. This report describes a patient who presented with complaints of memory loss and proved to have prominent semantic loss of all types of nouns, common and proper, concrete and abstract, yet continued to live independently and maintain his activities of daily living. The evaluation was consistent for semantic variant primary progressive aphasia with degradation of semantic knowledge and focal anterior temporal atrophy and hypometabolism. This report summarizes the literature and discusses the differential diagnosis of this disorder from Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
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- Mario F. Mendez
- Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Neurology Service, Neurobehavior Unit, V.A. Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Correspondence to: Mario F. Mendez, MD, PhD, Neurobehavior Unit, V.A. Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA. Tel.: +1 310 478 3711/Ext. 42696; Fax: +1 310 268 4181; E-mail:
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- Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Neurology Service, Neurobehavior Unit, V.A. Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Nelson MJ, Moeller S, Seckin M, Rogalski EJ, Mesulam MM, Hurley RS. The eyes speak when the mouth cannot: Using eye movements to interpret omissions in primary progressive aphasia. Neuropsychologia 2023; 184:108530. [PMID: 36906222 PMCID: PMC10166577 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
Abstract
Though it may seem simple, object naming is a complex multistage process that can be impaired by lesions at various sites of the language network. Individuals with neurodegenerative disorders of language, known as primary progressive aphasias (PPA), have difficulty with naming objects, and instead frequently say "I don't know" or fail to give a vocal response at all, known as an omission. Whereas other types of naming errors (paraphasias) give clues as to which aspects of the language network have been compromised, the mechanisms underlying omissions remain largely unknown. In this study, we used a novel eye tracking approach to probe the cognitive mechanisms of omissions in the logopenic and semantic variants of PPA (PPA-L and PPA-S). For each participant, we identified pictures of common objects (e.g., animals, tools) that they could name aloud correctly, as well as pictures that elicited an omission. In a separate word-to-picture matching task, those pictures appeared as targets embedded among an array with 15 foils. Participants were given a verbal cue and tasked with pointing to the target, while eye movements were monitored. On trials with correctly-named targets, controls and both PPA groups ceased visual search soon after foveating the target. On omission trials, however, the PPA-S group failed to stop searching, and went on to view many foils "post-target". As further indication of impaired word knowledge, gaze of the PPA-S group was subject to excessive "taxonomic capture", such that they spent less time viewing the target and more time viewing related foils on omission trials. In contrast, viewing behavior of the PPA-L group was similar to controls on both correctly-named and omission trials. These results indicate that the mechanisms of omission in PPA differ by variant. In PPA-S, anterior temporal lobe degeneration causes taxonomic blurring, such that words from the same category can no longer be reliably distinguished. In PPA-L, word knowledge remains relatively intact, and omissions instead appear to be caused by downstream factors (e.g., lexical access, phonological encoding). These findings demonstrate that when words fail, eye movements can be particularly informative.
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- M J Nelson
- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA, 60611; Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA, 60611; Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA, 60611; Department of Neurology, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University School of Medicine, İstanbul, 34684, Turkey
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA, 60611; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA, 60611; Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA, 60611; Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 44115, USA.
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Breining BL, Faria AV, Tippett DC, Stockbridge MD, Meier EL, Caffo B, Hermann O, Friedman R, Meyer A, Tsapkini K, Hillis AE. Association of Regional Atrophy With Naming Decline in Primary Progressive Aphasia. Neurology 2023; 100:e582-e594. [PMID: 36319108 PMCID: PMC9946192 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative condition that predominantly impairs language. Most investigations of how focal atrophy affects language consider 1 time point compared with healthy controls. However, true atrophy quantification requires comparing individual brains over time. In this observational cohort study, we identified areas where focal atrophy was associated with contemporaneous decline in naming in the same individuals. METHODS Cross-sectional analyses-related Boston Naming Test (BNT) performance and volume in 22 regions of interests (ROIs) at each time point using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression. Longitudinal analysis evaluated changes in BNT performance and change in volume in the same ROIs. RESULTS Participants (N = 62; 50% female; mean age = 66.8 ± 7.4 years) with PPA completed the BNT and MRI twice (mean = 343.9 ± 209.0 days apart). In cross-sectional left inferior frontal gyrus pars opercularis, superior temporal pole, middle temporal gyrus, and inferior temporal gyrus were identified as critical for naming at all time points. Longitudinal analysis revealed that increasing atrophy in the left supramarginal gyrus and middle temporal pole predicted greater naming decline, as did female sex and longer intervals between time points. DISCUSSION Although cross-sectional analyses identified classic language areas that were consistently related to poor performance at multiple time points, it was not increasing atrophy in these areas that lead to further decline: longitudinal analysis of each person's atrophy over time instead identified nearby but distinct regions where increased atrophy was related to decreasing performance. The results demonstrate that directly examining atrophy (in each individual) over time furthers understanding of decline in PPA and reveal the importance of left supramarginal gyrus and middle temporal pole in maintaining naming when areas normally critical for language degenerate. The novel results provide insight into how the underlying disease progresses to result in the clinical decline in naming, the deficit most common among all 3 PPA variants.
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- From the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (B.L.B., A.V.F., D.C.T., M.D.S., E.L.M., O.H., K.T., A.E.H.), Baltimore, MD; Johns Hopkins University (B.C.), Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; and Georgetown University (R.F., A.M.), Washington, DC.
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Volfart A, McMahon KL, Howard D, de Zubicaray GI. Neural Correlates of Naturally Occurring Speech Errors during Picture Naming in Healthy Participants. J Cogn Neurosci 2022; 35:111-127. [PMID: 36306259 DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Most of our knowledge about the neuroanatomy of speech errors comes from lesion-symptom mapping studies in people with aphasia and laboratory paradigms designed to elicit primarily phonological errors in healthy adults, with comparatively little evidence from naturally occurring speech errors. In this study, we analyzed perfusion fMRI data from 24 healthy participants during a picture naming task, classifying their responses into correct and different speech error types (e.g., semantic, phonological, omission errors). Total speech errors engaged a wide set of left-lateralized frontal, parietal, and temporal regions that were almost identical to those involved during the production of correct responses. We observed significant perfusion signal decreases in the left posterior middle temporal gyrus and inferior parietal lobule (angular gyrus) for semantic errors compared to correct trials matched on various psycholinguistic variables. In addition, the left dorsal caudate nucleus showed a significant perfusion signal decrease for omission (i.e., anomic) errors compared with matched correct trials. Surprisingly, we did not observe any significant perfusion signal changes in brain regions proposed to be associated with monitoring mechanisms during speech production (e.g., ACC, superior temporal gyrus). Overall, our findings provide evidence for distinct neural correlates of semantic and omission error types, with anomic speech errors likely resulting from failures to initiate articulatory-motor processes rather than semantic knowledge impairments as often reported for people with aphasia.
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- Queensland University of Technology.,Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
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Comprehensive qualitative characterization of linguistic performance profiles in primary progressive aphasia: a multivariate study with FDG-PET. Neurobiol Aging 2022; 120:137-148. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Premi E, Cotelli M, Gobbi E, Pagnoni I, Binetti G, Gadola Y, Libri I, Mattioli I, Pengo M, Iraji A, Calhoun VD, Alberici A, Borroni B, Manenti R. Neuroanatomical correlates of screening for aphasia in NeuroDegeneration (SAND) battery in non-fluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:942095. [PMID: 36389058 PMCID: PMC9660243 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.942095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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Background Non-fluent/agrammatic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (avPPA) is primarily characterized by language impairment due to atrophy of the inferior frontal gyrus and the insula cortex in the dominant hemisphere. The Screening for Aphasia in NeuroDegeneration (SAND) battery has been recently proposed as a screening tool for PPA, with several tasks designed to be specific for different language features. Applying multivariate approaches to neuroimaging data and verbal fluency tasks, Aachener Aphasie Test (AAT) naming subtest and SAND data may help in elucidating the neuroanatomical correlates of language deficits in avPPA. Objective To investigate the neuroanatomical correlates of language deficits in avPPA using verbal fluency tasks, AAT naming subtest and SAND scores as proxies of brain structural imaging abnormalities. Methods Thirty-one avPPA patients were consecutively enrolled and underwent extensive neuropsychological assessment and MRI scan. Raw scores of verbal fluency tasks, AAT naming subtest, and SAND subtests, namely living and non-living picture naming, auditory sentence comprehension, single-word comprehension, words and non-words repetition and sentence repetition, were used as proxies to explore structural (gray matter volume) neuroanatomical correlates. We assessed univariate (voxel-based morphometry, VBM) as well as multivariate (source-based morphometry, SBM) approaches. Age, gender, educational level, and disease severity were considered nuisance variables. Results SAND picture naming (total, living and non-living scores) and AAT naming scores showed a direct correlation with the left temporal network derived from SBM. At univariate analysis, the left middle temporal gyrus was directly correlated with SAND picture naming (total and non-living scores) and AAT naming score. When words and non-words repetition (total score) was considered, a direct correlation with the left temporal network (SBM) and with the left fusiform gyrus (VBM) was also evident. Conclusion Naming impairments that characterize avPPA are related to specific network-based involvement of the left temporal network, potentially expanding our knowledge on the neuroanatomical basis of this neurodegenerative condition.
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- Enrico Premi
- Stroke Unit, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- MAC Memory Clinic and Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Owensboro, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Owensboro, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Owensboro, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Owensboro, Italy
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- Tri-Institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Tri-Institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Owensboro, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Owensboro, Italy
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- Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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Bruffaerts R, Schaeverbeke J, Radwan A, Grube M, Gabel S, De Weer AS, Dries E, Van Bouwel K, Griffiths TD, Sunaert S, Vandenberghe R. Left Frontal White Matter Links to Rhythm Processing Relevant to Speech Production in Apraxia of Speech. NEUROBIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.) 2022; 3:515-537. [PMID: 37215340 PMCID: PMC10158569 DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recent mechanistic models argue for a key role of rhythm processing in both speech production and speech perception. Patients with the non-fluent variant (NFV) of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) with apraxia of speech (AOS) represent a specific study population in which this link can be examined. Previously, we observed impaired rhythm processing in NFV with AOS. We hypothesized that a shared neurocomputational mechanism structures auditory input (sound and speech) and output (speech production) in time, a "temporal scaffolding" mechanism. Since considerable white matter damage is observed in NFV, we test here whether white matter changes are related to impaired rhythm processing. Forty-seven participants performed a psychoacoustic test battery: 12 patients with NFV and AOS, 11 patients with the semantic variant of PPA, and 24 cognitively intact age- and education-matched controls. Deformation-based morphometry was used to test whether white matter volume correlated to rhythmic abilities. In 34 participants, we also obtained tract-based metrics of the left Aslant tract, which is typically damaged in patients with NFV. Nine out of 12 patients with NFV displayed impaired rhythmic processing. Left frontal white matter atrophy adjacent to the supplementary motor area (SMA) correlated with poorer rhythmic abilities. The structural integrity of the left Aslant tract also correlated with rhythmic abilities. A colocalized and perhaps shared white matter substrate adjacent to the SMA is associated with impaired rhythmic processing and motor speech impairment. Our results support the existence of a temporal scaffolding mechanism structuring perceptual input and speech output.
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- Rose Bruffaerts
- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences & Leuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Neurology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Computational Neurology, Experimental Neurobiology Unit (ENU), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences & Leuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Translational MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology & Leuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Biosciences Institute, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
- BIFOLD, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; Department of Psychology, Ashoka University, India
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences & Leuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neurology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neurology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neurology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Biosciences Institute, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- Translational MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology & Leuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Radiology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences & Leuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Neurology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Isella V, Rosazza C, Ferri F, Gazzotti M, Impagnatiello V, Mapelli C, Morzenti S, Crivellaro C, Appollonio IM, Ferrarese C. Learning From Mistakes: Cognitive and Metabolic Correlates of Errors on Picture Naming in the Alzheimer’s Disease Spectrum. J Alzheimers Dis 2022; 87:1033-1053. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-220053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Background: Analysis of subtypes of picture naming errors produced by patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have seldom been investigated yet may clarify the cognitive and neural underpinnings of naming in the AD spectrum. Objective: To elucidate the neurocognitive bases of picture naming in AD through a qualitative analysis of errors. Methods: Over 1000 naming errors produced by 70 patients with amnestic, visuospatial, linguistic, or frontal AD were correlated with general cognitive tests and with distribution of hypometabolism on FDG-PET. Results: Principal component analysis identified 1) a Visual processing factor clustering visuospatial tests and unrecognized stimuli, pure visual errors and visual-semantic errors, associated with right parieto-occipital hypometabolism; 2) a Concept-Lemma factor grouping language tests and anomias, circumlocutions, superordinates, and coordinates, correlated with left basal temporal hypometabolism; 3) a Lemma-Phonology factor including the digit span and phonological errors, linked with left temporo-parietal hypometabolism. Regression of brain metabolism on individual errors showed that errors due to impairment of basic and higher-order processing of object visual attributes or of their interaction with semantics, were related with bilateral occipital and left occipito-temporal dysfunction. Omissions and superordinates were linked to degradation of broad and basic concepts in the left basal temporal cortex. Semantic-lexical errors derived from faulty semantically- and phonologically-driven lexical retrieval in the left superior and middle temporal gyri. Generation of nonwords was underpinned by of phonological impairment within the left inferior parietal cortex. Conclusion: Analysis of individual naming errors allowed to outline a comprehensive anatomo-functional model of picture naming in classical and atypical AD.
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- Valeria Isella
- Department of Neurology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
- NeuroMI, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (DISTUM), Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
- Neuroradiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
- NeuroMI, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
- NeuroMI, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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- Medical Physics, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
- NeuroMI, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
- NeuroMI, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
- NeuroMI, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
- NeuroMI, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
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Martersteck A, Sridhar J, Coventry C, Weintraub S, Mesulam MM, Rogalski E. Relationships among tau burden, atrophy, age, and naming in the aphasic variant of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2021; 17:1788-1797. [PMID: 34494711 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Examination of pathologic, anatomic, and cognitive relationships has been limited in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) with underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology. METHODS Spatial relationships between tau positron emission tomography (PET), cortical thickness, age, and naming on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) in PPA with biomarker evidence of AD (PPA-AD) were examined. RESULTS Higher tau PET burden was associated with atrophy and younger age. There was a significant left-lateralized relationship between lower BNT and more atrophy, and between lower BNT and increased tau burden. Variance in naming was primarily shared between tau and atrophy (51%), but naming was uniquely explained more by atrophy (32%) than tau (16%). Higher left anterior temporal tau burden was associated with greater 1-year rate of decline in naming. DISCUSSION PPA-AD has a similar relationship between abnormal biomarkers as first described in amnestic AD, with differing spatial extent, reflecting the left-lateralized nature of the language network.
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- Adam Martersteck
- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,NU Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,NU Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,NU Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease, Northwestern University (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,NU Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The Impact of Primary Progressive Aphasia on Picture Naming and General Language Ability. Cogn Behav Neurol 2021; 34:188-199. [PMID: 34473670 DOI: 10.1097/wnn.0000000000000275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical syndrome that is characterized by progressive deterioration of language while other cognitive domains remain relatively intact. The extent to which print exposure and cortical volume atrophy jointly influence picture naming and general language ability in individuals with PPA remains underexplored. OBJECTIVE To investigate the language performance of individuals with the nonfluent variant of primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) and to explore the impact of print exposure and cortical volume atrophy on their language ability. METHOD We compared 14 Greek individuals with nfvPPA and similar age, education, disease duration, and cognitive ability with age-, gender- and education-matched Greek controls on picture naming and on language tasks of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination-Short Form, including oral word reading, word and sentence repetition, complex ideational material, and reading comprehension. The effects of print exposure and left-hemisphere cortical volume on the individuals' language performance were estimated through stepwise regression models. RESULTS The language performance of the individuals with nfvPPA was affected by print exposure and cortical volume atrophy. Picture naming and word reading were affected by print exposure. The highest contributions of cortical volume atrophy were found for the repetition, complex ideational material, and reading comprehension tasks. CONCLUSION Print exposure and cortical volume atrophy may help explain variability in the language performance of nfvPPA individuals with similar age, education, disease duration, and cognitive ability.
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Cousins KA, Bove J, Giannini LAA, Kinney NG, Balgenorth YR, Rascovsky K, Lee EB, Trojanowski JQ, Grossman M, Irwin DJ. Longitudinal naming and repetition relates to AD pathology and burden in autopsy-confirmed primary progressive aphasia. ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA (NEW YORK, N. Y.) 2021; 7:e12188. [PMID: 34368417 PMCID: PMC8327471 DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In primary progressive aphasia (PPA) patients with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD) or frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FLTD), we tested how the core clinical features of logopenic PPA-naming and repetition-change over time and relate to pathologic burden. METHODS In PPA with AD (n = 13) or FTLD (n = 16) pathology, Boston Naming Test and Forward Digit Span measured longitudinal naming and repetition; as reference, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) measured global cognition. Pathologic burden in left peri-Sylvian regions was related to longitudinal cognitive decline. RESULTS PPA with AD showed greater decline in naming (P = 0.021) and repetition (P = 0.020), compared to FTLD; there was no difference in MMSE decline (P = 0.99). Across all PPA, declining naming (P = 0.0084) and repetition (P = 0.011) were associated with angular, superior-middle temporal (naming P = 0.014; repetition P = 0.011) and middle frontal (naming P = 0.041; repetition P = 0.030) pathologic burden. DISCUSSION Unique longitudinal profiles of naming and repetition performance in PPA with AD are related to left peri-Sylvian pathology.
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- Katheryn A.Q. Cousins
- Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Perelman School of MedicineDepartment of NeurologyPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Clinical and Health PsychologyUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Alzheimer CenterDepartment of NeurologyErasmus Medical CenterRotterdamthe Netherlands
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- Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Perelman School of MedicineDepartment of NeurologyPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Perelman School of MedicineDepartment of NeurologyPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Perelman School of MedicineDepartment of NeurologyPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Translational Neuropathology Research LaboratoryPerelman School of MedicineDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Disease ResearchPerelman School of MedicineDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Perelman School of MedicineDepartment of NeurologyPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Perelman School of MedicineDepartment of NeurologyPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Digital Neuropathology LaboratoryPerelman School of MedicineDepartment of NeurologyPhiladelphiaPAUSA
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Interference Resolution in Nonfluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia: Evidence From a Picture-Word Interference Task. Cogn Behav Neurol 2021; 34:11-25. [PMID: 33652466 DOI: 10.1097/wnn.0000000000000255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Picture-word interference tasks have been used to investigate (a) the time course of lexical access in individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and (b) how these individuals resolve competition during lexical selection. OBJECTIVE To investigate the time course of Greek-speaking individuals with PPA to produce grammatical gender-marked determiner phrases by examining their picture-naming latencies in the context of distractor words. METHOD Eight individuals with nonfluent variant PPA (nfv-PPA; M age = 62.8 years) and eight cognitively intact controls (M age = 61.1 years) participated in our study. In a picture-word interference task, the study participants named depicted objects by producing determiner + noun sequences. Interference was generated by manipulating the grammatical gender of the depicted objects and distractor words. Two stimulus onset asynchronies were used: +200 ms and +400 ms. RESULTS The individuals with nfv-PPA exhibited longer picture-naming latencies than the controls (P = 0.003). The controls exhibited interference from incongruent distractors at both asynchronies (P < 0.001); the individuals with PPA exhibited interference from incongruent distractors only at the +400-ms interval (P = 0.002). The gender-congruency effect was stronger for the individuals with PPA than for the controls at the +400-ms interval (P = 0.05); the opposite pattern was observed at the +200-ms interval (P = 0.024). CONCLUSION Gender interference resolution was abnormal in the individuals with nfv-PPA. The results point to deficits in lexicosyntactic networks that compromised the time course of picture-naming production.
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How the speed of word finding depends on ventral tract integrity in primary progressive aphasia. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 28:102450. [PMID: 33395954 PMCID: PMC7586239 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Noise words influence naming time, but not accuracy, more in PPA than in controls. Noise effect difference between PPA and controls reflects ventral tract integrity. The noise effect is smaller when ventral tract integrity is lower in the individuals with PPA. Simulations reveal that propagation of noise is reduced when tract integrity is low.
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical neurodegenerative syndrome with word finding problems as a core clinical symptom. Many aspects of word finding have been clarified in psycholinguistics using picture naming and a picture-word interference (PWI) paradigm, which emulates naming under contextual noise. However, little is known about how word finding depends on white-matter tract integrity, in particular, the atrophy of tracts located ventrally to the Sylvian fissure. To elucidate this question, we examined word finding in individuals with PPA and healthy controls employing PWI, tractography, and computer simulations using the WEAVER++ model of word finding. Twenty-three individuals with PPA and twenty healthy controls named pictures in two noise conditions. Mixed-effects modelling was performed on naming accuracy and reaction time (RT) and fixel-based tractography analyses were conducted to assess the relation between ventral white-matter integrity and naming performance. Naming RTs were longer for individuals with PPA compared to controls and, critically, individuals with PPA showed a larger noise effect compared to controls. Moreover, this difference in noise effect was differentially related to tract integrity. Whereas the noise effect did not depend much on tract integrity in controls, a lower tract integrity was related to a smaller noise effect in individuals with PPA. Computer simulations supported an explanation of this paradoxical finding in terms of reduced propagation of noise when tract integrity is low. By using multimodal analyses, our study indicates the significance of the ventral pathway for naming and the importance of RT measurement in the clinical assessment of PPA.
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Representation of associative and affective semantic similarity of abstract words in the lateral temporal perisylvian language regions. Neuroimage 2020; 217:116892. [PMID: 32371118 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The examination of semantic cognition has traditionally identified word concreteness as well as valence as two of the principal dimensions in the representation of conceptual knowledge. More recently, corpus-based vector space models as well as graph-theoretical analysis of large-scale task-related behavioural responses have revolutionized our insight into how the meaning of words is structured. In this fMRI study, we apply representational similarity analysis to investigate the conceptual representation of abstract words. Brain activity patterns were related to a cued-association based graph as well as to a vector-based co-occurrence model of word meaning. Twenty-six subjects (19 females and 7 males) performed an overt repetition task during fMRI. First, we performed a searchlight classification procedure to identify regions where activity is discriminable between abstract and concrete words. These regions were left inferior frontal gyrus, the upper and lower bank of the superior temporal sulcus bilaterally, posterior middle temporal gyrus and left fusiform gyrus. Representational Similarity Analysis demonstrated that for abstract words, the similarity of activity patterns in the cortex surrounding the superior temporal sulcus bilaterally and in the left anterior superior temporal gyrus reflects the similarity in word meaning. These effects were strongest for semantic similarity derived from the cued association-based graph and for affective similarity derived from either of the two models. The latter effect was mainly driven by positive valence words. This research highlights the close neurobiological link between the information structure of abstract and affective word content and the similarity in activity pattern in the lateral and anterior temporal language system.
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